The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is an American four-seat, single-engine, high wing, fixed-wing aircraft made by the Cessna Aircraft Company. First flown in 1955, more 172s have been built than any other aircraft. It was developed from the 1948 Cessna 170, using tricycle undercarriage, rather than a tail-dragger configuration.
Measured by its longevity and popularity, the Cessna 172 is the most successful aircraft in history. Cessna delivered the first production model in 1956, and as of 2015, the company and its partners had built more than 44,000 units. The aircraft remains in production today.
The Skyhawk's main competitors have been the Beechcraft Musketeer and Grumman AA-5 series (neither currently in production), the Piper Cherokee, and, more recently, the Diamond DA40 and Cirrus SR20.
Normal Flight controls
CrazyPenguin1306
Collaboration with Hedero go check him out!! (He did the vertical stabilizer and the primary wings!)
I appreciate every upvote! Please let me know what you think and what I can improve on!
Specifications
Spotlights
- Hedero 3.2 years ago
- Kangy 3.2 years ago
- ACEPILOT109 3.2 years ago
- CookingWithCinderBlocks 3.2 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 45.0ft (13.7m)
- Length 35.5ft (10.8m)
- Height 11.6ft (3.5m)
- Empty Weight 3,561lbs (1,615kg)
- Loaded Weight 4,740lbs (2,150kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.711
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 1.054
- Wing Loading 11.5lbs/ft2 (56.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 411.0ft2 (38.2m2)
- Drag Points 6756
Parts
- Number of Parts 144
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 611
@Hedero Thanks for helping out with this build!! Your amazing!!
Awesome! Love it. You did better than me! I can't make something like that.
@edensk So when you say to remove drag from every block, do you mean remove drag from every block on the fuselage but one and don't remove the drag on the wings.
@edensk Thanks for the criticism! I will definitely take this and put it to some good use!
for future builds:
remove drag from all fuselage blocks but one and other parts except wings.
Then you can tweak the engine thrust and the drag of that single fuselage part until you achieve an accurate or realistic acceleration/top speed (drag affects top speed at sea level and engine power affects acceleration and top speed at high altitude)
The flight model on this plane is very good, it just has the excessive engine/drag thing which is quite an important problem imo.
I hope your future builds don't have this same mistake and keep the good flight model, will follow!
Oh yeah lol
@CrazyPenguin1306
@CanadianSpitfireY2K Alright tag me so I can see! and so we can talk!!
Just uploaded one if ur interested @CrazyPenguin1306
@CanadianSpitfireY2K Cool
Oh of course whatever works with you :) @CrazyPenguin1306
@CanadianSpitfireY2K Umm, could we do it without discord? maybe though unlisted builds that we can talk?
Could I have your discord?@CrazyPenguin1306
Thanks @CrazyPenguin1306
@CanadianSpitfireY2K We could! I wouldn't mind at all!
This is pretty great! Would you want to ever do a collab?
@CrazyPenguin1306 No problem
I have a friend who is learning to fly on it, me on Robin dr200 ...
This looks awesome bro!
No probs dude! @CrazyPenguin1306
@tsampoy Thanks!
Nice!
@CrazyPenguin1306
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@ACEPILOT109 Thanks!
@UltraLight here is the Cessna 172 SkyHawk!